Onset of the Iberian upwelling along the Galician coast

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1759-1778

  Torres, R ^a   Barton, E D ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulation; Iberia; Spring transition; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DOWNWELLING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 34347348291     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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